More than 300 teens exposed to coronavirus at beer ‘pong fest’ party with several already testing positive

AROUND 300 teenagers in Texas were exposed to coronavirus at a “pong fest” in Lakeway on June 20.

Reports say several of the teens were awaiting test results when they attended the party and some have since tested positive for the virus.

The mass gathering will most likely lead to more cases in the state, Lake Mayor Sandy Cox predicted in a Facebook Live video.

“Unfortunately, our caseload is probably going to increase, an it’s because there was a very large party this part Saturday,” she said.

All of the high schoolers who attended the party have been instructed to self-quarantine for 14 days.

Anyone who has come in contact with anyone who went to the party should also self-quarantine for 14 days.

The aftermath of the party comes as Texas hit the highest number of new cases in one-day in the state, a total of 8,076.

According to CNN, it is still unclear if the party has caused a high number of cases in the town which borders Lake Travis.

Lakeway has had 105 cases, 50 are active, Cox told CNN.

Baylor School & White Specialty Clinic-Lakeway has opened a pop-up testing site to help enable the teens and those they came in contact with in the past week to get tested.